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In re Howard

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
May 6, 2014
564 F. App'x 1026 (Fed. Cir. 2014)

Opinion

2014-125

05-06-2014

IN RE SHERMAN HOWARD, Petitioner.


NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.


On Petition for Writ of Mandamus to the Merit Systems

Protection Board in DA0752090172-C-1.


ON PETITION

Before NEWMAN, PROST, and REYNA, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM.

ORDER

Sherman Howard ("Howard") petitions for a writ of mandamus directing the Merit Systems Protection Board ("MSPB") to issue a final decision in Howard v. Department of the Air Force, DA-0752-09-0172-C-1. Howard also seeks attorney fees and costs associated with filing this petition pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d). The MSPB opposes.

Mandamus is an extraordinary remedy, available only where the petitioner shows: (1) a clear legal right to relief; (2) there are no adequate alternative legal channels through which he may obtain that relief; and (3) the grant of mandamus is appropriate under the circumstances. Cheney v. U.S. Dist. Court, 542 U.S. 367, 380-81 (2004); Kerr v. U.S. Dist. Court, 426 U.S. 394, 403 (1976). In denying this requested relief, we note that on the same day Howard filed this petition the MSPB issued its decision in DA-0752-09-0172-C-1.

Accordingly,

IT IS ORDERED THAT:

The petition is denied.

FOR THE COURT

__________

Daniel E. O'Toole

Clerk of Court
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Summaries of

In re Howard

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
May 6, 2014
564 F. App'x 1026 (Fed. Cir. 2014)
Case details for

In re Howard

Case Details

Full title:IN RE SHERMAN HOWARD, Petitioner.

Court:United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Date published: May 6, 2014

Citations

564 F. App'x 1026 (Fed. Cir. 2014)